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no. 7: Trial of Gabriel de Granada by the Inquisition in Mexico, 1642-5. 



Tr. from the original by D. Fergusson; ed. with notes by C. Adler. 

 no. 15: Jews in the diplomatic correspondence of the United States, by 



C. Adler. 



A list of publications of the society, with contents, in v. 15. 

 Prices: v. i (2d ed.), 2, 3, 5-8, 10, 13, $1.50 each; v. 4, 9, n, 12, $2 each. 

 Distribution. Exchange. Free distribution to a limited number of libraries in 

 America and Europe. On sale by Jewish Publication Society of America, 

 608 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa., and by Bloch Publishing Co., 738 

 Broadway, New York City. 



Research funds. Limited sums of money received by the society from 

 time to time have been placed at the disposal of its executive council for 

 the encouragement of research in connection with its activities. 



American Library Association. 



Address. Secretary : J. I. Wyer, New York State Library, Albany, N. Y. 

 Address of the A. L. A. Publishing Board : 34 Newbury Street, Boston, 

 Mass. Secretary: Miss Nina E. Browne. 



History. Organized in 1876. Incorporated in 1879. Publishing Section 

 organized in 1886 to further cooperation among libraries in preparing 

 and publishing bibliographies, indexes and special catalogues ; organiza- 

 tion changed in 1900, and this work placed in charge of a Publishing 

 Board, appointed by the executive committee of the association. Other 

 sections are: The college and reference section, the trustee section, the 

 catalog section, the State library commissions section, and the State 

 libraries section, the last now practically superseded by the National 

 Association of State Librarians. 



Object. To promote the welfare of libraries in America. 

 Meetings. Annual conference at time and place determined by the council. 

 Membership. 1,162 annual (dues, $2) ; 34 libraries and other institutions (dues, $5) ; 

 45 life ($25) ; 2 life fellows ($100) ; 9 honorary. 



Publications. 



The official organ of the association is the LIBRARY JOURNAL (v. 1-30, 

 1876/77-1905. New York, 1877-1905. 4. General index to v. 1-22. 

 New York, 1898. 8), in which the proceedings of all the conferences 

 from the first have been published, all after the 3d (1879), except the 

 loth, being issued also separately under the title : 



PAPERS AND PROCEEDINGS of the 4th-28th general meeting, 1881-1906. 

 Boston [and New York], 1881-1906. 4. 



Catalog of "A. L. A." library, 1893 ; published by the U. S. Bureau of Education. 

 A. L. A. catalog, 1904: published by the Library of Congress. (On sale by the Super- 

 intendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. Price: cloth 

 SQC., paper 25c. pt. I, classed or pt. 2, dictionary separately, cloth 25c., paper I5c. each.) 

 A. L. A. portrait index. Pub. by the Library of Congress, 1906. (On sale by the 

 Superintendent of Documents. Price: cloth, $3.) 



